at the Red Sea.#106.7 Red Sea: Hebrew yam suph, “Sea of Reeds,” one of the marshes or fresh water lakes near the eastern part of the Nile Delta. This identification is based on Exodus 13.17—14.9, which lists the towns on the route of the Israelites before crossing the sea. In the Greek translation of the Scriptures made about 200 b.c., the “Sea of Reeds” was named “Red Sea.”

8But you were true to your name,

and you rescued them to prove

how mighty you are.

9#
Ex 14.21-31. You said to the Red Sea,#106.9 Red Sea: See the note at 106.7.

“Dry up!”

Then you led your people across

on land as dry as a desert.

10You saved all of them

11and drowned every one

of their enemies.

12#
Ex 15.1-21. Then your people trusted you

and sang your praises.

13But they soon forgot

what you had done

and rejected your advice.

14#
Nu 11.4-34. They became greedy for food

and tested you there

in the desert.

15So you gave them

what they wanted,

but later you destroyed them

with a horrible disease.

16#
Nu 16.1-35. Everyone in camp was jealous

of Moses and of Aaron,

your chosen priest.

17Dathan and Abiram rebelled,

and the earth opened up

and swallowed them.

18Then fire broke out

and destroyed all

of their followers.

19#
Ex 32.1-14. At Horeb your people

made and worshiped the statue

20of a bull, instead of you,

their glorious God.

21You worked powerful miracles

to save them from Egypt,

but they forgot about you

22and the fearsome things

you did at the Red Sea.#106.22 Red Sea: See the note at 106.7.

23You were angry and started

to destroy them,

but Moses, your chosen leader,

begged you not to do it.

24#
Nu 14.1-35. They would not trust

you, Lord,

and they did not like

the promised land.

25They would not obey you,

and they grumbled

in their tents.

26So you threatened them

by saying, “I'll kill you

out here in the desert!

27#
Lv 26.33. I'll scatter your children

everywhere in the world.”

28#
Nu 25.1-13. Your people became followers

of a god named Baal Peor,

and they ate sacrifices

offered to the dead.#106.28 the dead: Or “lifeless idols.”

29They did such terrible things

that you punished them

with a deadly disease.

30But Phinehas#106.30 Phinehas: The grandson of Aaron, who put two people to death and kept the Lord from being angry with the rest of his people (see Numbers 25.1-13). helped them,

and the sickness stopped.

31Now he will always

be highly honored.

32#
Nu 20.2-13. At Meribah Spring#106.32 Meribah Spring: See the note at 81.7.